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From: chppab@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Vlad the Impaler)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: C2F
Message-ID: <1990Dec9.184921.13755@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 9 Dec 90 18:49:21 GMT
Organization: Molecular Graphics, School of Chemistry, University of Bath, England
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I can't program in C so I will not enter the C vs Fortran 77 debate.

I was just wondering if a C to Fortan translator/compiler (c2f) was possible.

If not why not ?

Fortran lacks pointers but I thought someone suggest a method of
getting round this problem.

I not trying to undermine C by suggesting it should be converted to Fortran,
but wouldn't the reverse of f2c help to break down the barriers between
exculsive C or Fortran users.

Paul Burney